{"id":26737,"date":"2022-10-28T10:54:15","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T09:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=26737"},"modified":"2022-10-28T10:54:15","modified_gmt":"2022-10-28T09:54:15","slug":"fresh-meteorite-impact-craters-discovered-mars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/fresh-meteorite-impact-craters-discovered-mars\/26737\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresh meteorite impact craters discovered on Mars\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
On 24 December 2021, <\/span>NASA\u2019s InSight Lander<\/span><\/a> recorded a magnitude five marsquake, which was recently discovered to be caused by a meteorite strike. One of the meteorites excavated contained ice at the lowest altitude ever observed on the planet, an important discovery for NASA\u2019s future exploration plans. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The discovery was assisted by two Curtin University scientists, the only two Australian representatives on the NASA-led international research team. The research, titled \u2018<\/span>Largest recent impact craters on Mars: Orbital imaging and surface seismic co-investigation<\/span><\/a>,\u2019 was published in the journal <\/span>Science.<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The meteorite is estimated to have spanned 16-39 feet, making way for the rare discovery of two impact craters, both larger than 130 meters in diameter each. The craters, believed to be among the largest craters ever witnessed forming in the solar system, were detected using NASA\u2019s imaging technology and seismometers. Larger crates exist on Mars, but these predate any mission to the planet.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Research co-author Associate Professor Katarina Miljkovic, from Curtin\u2019s Space Science and Technology Centre and the School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, said: \u201cAs well as NASA\u2019s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter imager, the NASA InSight seismometers were operating in the second half of 2021, which is when these impacts were recorded as having occurred.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nDiscovering the craters with NASA\u2019s technology <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n